Is CBD legal in Nigeria?
- Legal status
- CBD (cannabidiol) is controlled as cannabis. The NDLEA Act (Cap. N30, 2004) and Indian Hemp Act 1966 ban any part of the Cannabis plant with no distinction between CBD and THC and no threshold, so CBD products are prohibited.
- Consequences if caught
- Possession is an offence and import/export of Indian hemp carries not less than 21 years' imprisonment with no option of a fine; The NDLEA Act's cannabis penalties are custodial, up to life for major trafficking, and that Act carries no death penalty. The Indian Hemp Act is unrepealed and its section 2(1) provides either death or imprisonment for not less than twenty one years for cultivating cannabis, so capital exposure attaches under that Act to cultivation.
- If prescribed or medical
- There is no consumer CBD route; a medical-cannabis product would require NAFDAC registration, which is not established for CBD.
- Documentation
- No documentation legalises CBD, which is controlled as cannabis; NAFDAC has not opened a consumer or medical CBD pathway.
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